RICHARDSON, TX (03.06.18) - The UT Dallas softball team split a doubleheader with Louisiana College Tuesday after, taking the three-game American Southwest Conference set with the Wildcats, 2-1.

After winning Monday's game, 5-3, the Comets took Tuesday's opener 3-1 before falling in the series finale, 4-2.

GAME 1 - UTD 3, LC 1
The Comets belted 11 hits off of a pair LC pitchers as UTD earned a 3-1 win over the Wildcats to open Tuesday's doubleheader.

UTD struck first in the bottom of the 1st frame with a Melissa Livermore bunt single and stolen base, leading up to an Elizabeth Brann RBI single. The Wildcats countered with a single run in the top of the 3rd, but UTD retook the lead in the bottom of the inning, thanks to a Hope Griffith single up the middle, scoring Emily Schroeder. The Comets tacked on an insurance run in the 4th on an LC error.

Allie Stephens (2-1) tossed full 7.0 innings, striking out five while scattering seven hits. Livermore was 3-for-4 with two stolen bases from the top of the lineup.

GAME 2 - LC 4, UTD 2
The visiting Wildcats took their first lead of the set with a three-spot in 6th inning en route to a 4-2 win over UTD in the series finale.

The Comets again opened the scoring in the 1st with a Livermore bunt and stolen base, this time capped with an RBI bases-loaded, one-out single by Samantha Halliburton. UTD had an opportunity for more runs in the frame after Halliburton's hit, but left the bases loaded. LC answered in the top of the 2nd, but Brann gave the Comets back the lead, 2-1, in the 3rd with a solo home run, her first of the season.

Both offenses struggled in the 4th and 5th innings as neither team could get a runner past first base, but the Wildcats had their biggest inning of the series in the 6th as they sent seven batters to the plate. LC knotted the game with an RBI ground out by Mattie Stine and took the lead with a two-run double down the line by Taylor Hammock.

Karen Crane (3-1) suffered her first loss as a comet, giving up four runs on seven hits in 7.0 innings of work. She struck out one with three walks. Halliburton had the only multi-hit game for the Comets, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.

NEXT GAME
The Comets (5-3, 5-1 ASC) continue their home stand this weekend with a three-game home series with No. 13-ranked East Texas Baptist. The two teams will open the series with a 6 p.m. doubleheader Friday before a 12 p.m. single game Saturday.